Background*

Mr. Michiel C. Westermann served as the Managing Director of Twinning Holding BV, a company owned and initiated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands. Mr. Westermann served as Chief Executive Officer of Twinning Ventures B.V. He was the Founder and Director of Pink Elephant, a company specialised in the complete operational management of information systems. He has worked for Schlumberger, a wire line services company, in Hameroon and Angola. He serves ... as Chairman of the board of SERC/Software Engineering Research Centre and of Stichting Rekenschap. He serves as Vice Chairman of the board of STT (a foundation for future visions of technologies). He serves on the board of directors for Fair. He serves as a Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board at N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek "Nedap". He has been Member of Supervisory Board at N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek "Nedap" since May 12, 2009. He is a member of the steering committee of Gigaport (Internet 2 in the Netherlands), a member of the advisory board of CWI (center of mathematics and informatics in the Netherlands), and a member of the board of HPCN (High Performance Computing and Networking). He served as Member of the Supervisory Board at AND International Publishers NV since December 21, 2004. He served as a Director of Twinning Ventures B.V. and SDL Tridion BV. Mr. Westermann holds a Masters degree in Mining (petroleum) Engineering from Delft University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD, Fontainebleu.

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